EPC Project Manager (Jackson)

Job Title: EPC Project Manager

Location: Jackson, MI

Contract Length: : 12 months

Schedule: 40 Hours, 3 days onsite

Qualifications:

• A Bachelor of Science in Applied Engineering or Relevant Field

• Individuals must have a valid driver’s license.

• 3 or more years applied engineering or equivalent working experience; Project management experience working in accordance with Project Lifecycle Processes (PLP) framework.

• Project management skills, including the ability to prioritize work and meet deadlines

• Planning, organizational and leadership skills

• Communication skills including verbal, written, meeting facilitation and negotiation

• Interpersonal skills, including the ability to make effective presentations and communicate technical concepts to non-technical clients

• A proven ability to work across departments collaboratively to resolve issues, drive projects to closure, achieve desired results/goals, and/or implement change as needed

• A proven ability to quickly earn the trust of sponsors and key stakeholders; mobilize and motivate teams; set direction and approach; resolve conflict; deliver tough messages with grace; execute with limited information and ambiguity

EPC Project Manager Responsibilities:

The Enterprise Project Management Electric Distribution organization is responsible for the planning, execution, and delivery of large projects for both low and high-voltage distribution with a particular emphasis on those investments involving large customers, reliability improvements and infrastructure modernization. The team also serves as a resource for providing key project management tools and practices for other Distribution Operations & Engineering and Transmission teams. The team's success is measured through making and meeting commitments, informing and offering customer options while delivering safe, reliable service in support of the Company's overall business strategy.

The Engineering, Procurement & Construction (EPC) Project Manager is responsible for small to medium technical projects and supports more complex projects to ensure they are completed on time and within budget. The EPC Project Manager is responsible for planning, implementing, quality control, engineering safety, status reporting and closing on assigned projects.

The EPC Project Manager will:

• Plan and manage medium-to-large sized projects of moderate-to high complexity

• Ensure project results contribute positive business value

• Meet agreed upon scope, cost, schedule and quality objectives

• Develop and maintain project plans that provide timely deliverables in order to achieve project objectives

• Identify initial risks, issues and constraints impacting project execution

• Work collaboratively with other functional areas in the development of project tasks and deliverables ensuring the successful execution of projects

• Manage multiple projects at various stages of development concurrently

• Facilitate the flow of work during a project to ensure that it conforms to the project plan covering forecasting, scoping, planning, scheduling, execution and closeout

• Ensure that team members understand their authority and responsibility regarding their portion of the project

• Assume project communication lead role throughout the life cycle of the project

• Perform presentations for the Consumers Energy leadership team

• Assist in the development of performance metrics and track performance of the projects executed

• Identify and recommend new processes, techniques and standards that drive performance and process management

• Identify, prioritize and drive the implementation of process enhancements

• Validate financial forecasts and provides on-going reconciliation of resources and other related project expenditures